From PC World: Google Fiber has paused plans to roll out fiber optic cables across a number of U.S. cities, as the company reevaluates its strategy to presumably use mainly wireless to provide high-speed Internet service.

Work on Google Fiber is to continue in in the cities where it has been...

From CNET: When Amazon released its new Fire HD 8 tablet last month, it promised that Alexa, the cloud-based voice service, would be added to Fire tablets in the coming weeks through a free over-the-air software update. Well, that update is now available to owners of the 2016 Fire HD 8, as well as...

From InfoWorld: Apple on Monday released the first significant updates for both iOS and macOS.

iOS 10.1 includes a host of enhancements and bug fixes, but the signature addition is Portrait Camera, a feature previously touted by Apple for the iPhone 7 Plus only.

Using the dual cameras of the...

From CNET: Intel probably already supplies the brains for your PC. Now it wants to do the same for your next car with new members of its Atom processor family.

That auto could have a giant screen instead of analog gauges, digital displays instead of rearview mirrors and cameras to detect...

From Tech Hive: Logitech says it will release a new Alexa skill this week that renders its Harmony Hub-based universal remote controls (e.g., the Harmony Elite or the Harmony Companion) compatible with Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant. So if you own an Amazon Echo and one of these Harmony remotes...

From CNET: China may be the world's biggest phone market, and it may be the most dynamic.

After Xiaomi and Huawei enjoyed stints on top, Vivo and Oppo are neck-and-neck for the No. 1 spot in the country, according to Counterpoint Research. Between July and September, Oppo owned 16.6 percent of the...

From InfoWorld: It's apparently possible that a DDoS attack can be big enough to break the internet -- or, as shown in the attack against ISP Dyn, at least break large parts of it.

The DDoS attack against Dyn that began Friday went far past taking down Dyn's servers. Beyond the big-name outages...

From CNET: The number of smartwatches sold over the past three months has declined 52 percent compared to the number sold in the same July-to-September period last year, according to a report by IDC wearables analysts.

Apple is still the leading smartwatch maker, but it has also seen fewer people...

From PC World: AT&T said it will acquire Time Warner for US$85.4 billion, reflecting a continuing trend for the consolidation of communications and media companies.

The deal aims to combine content from Time Warner, which has a film studio and a vast library of entertainment, with AT&T’s...

From CNET: Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 is dead and buried, but the Note brand will live to see another phone launch.

The company has no plans to scrap the beleaguered Note moniker altogether, even though for many it is now associated with the Note 7 debacle, according to a report published Monday. Note...